Kilburn: How a derelict estate became a dumping ground
The last residents of the South Kilburn Estate moved out in July 2021 - and since then the areas around Exeter and Hereford houses have been filled with rubbish on an 'industrial scale'.
One neighbour, 75-year-old June Turner, branded the situation in north-west London as "scandalous". She said: "It's become a great area for the drug-dealers, fly-tippers, the squatters. This is unacceptable."
Brent Council, which started to clear the waste only after being contacted by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½, said the site "will remain under constant surveillance".
So how was it allowed to get in this state? ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio London's Harry Low has been to find out.
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